Before At The Ryman Changed Country Music, Emmylou Harris Brought Hank Williams’ Story to Japan in a Remarkable Moment of Transition When Emmylou Harris performed “Rollin’ and Ramblin’ (The Death…
In New Orleans, Allen Toussaint and Bonnie Raitt Found the Most Beautiful Answer to a Lifelong Question: What Is Success? At the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in 2000,…
Twenty-Nine Years After Writing This Song, Buck Owens Stood Beside the Man Who Helped Bring Him Back to Country Music When Buck Owens performed “Under Your Spell Again” during the…
Seven Years After the Song That Changed Everything, The Everly Brothers Returned to Where the Dream Began When The Everly Brothers stepped onto the stage of Shindig! on November 18,…
Not Just a Love Song: Kenny Rogers’ Farm Aid Performance Preserved an Entire Generation of Country Music On September 22, 1985, nearly 80,000 people gathered in Champaign, Illinois, for the…
A Heartfelt Tribute to a Friend Gone Too Soon, Carried by the Road and the Fort Worth Blues When Steve Earle released “Fort Worth Blues” on his 2000 album Transcendental…
“You Changed My Life”: Emmylou Harris Pays a Moving Tribute to Joan Baez at the Kennedy Center Honors Some tributes celebrate an artist’s achievements. Others reveal something even more meaningful:…
Nashville Rejected Dwight Yoakam for Sounding Too Old-Fashioned. Years Later, He Helped Bring Traditional Country Back to Millions One of the most fascinating stories in country music is not about…
Nearly Forty Years After Writing “My Old Friend the Blues,” Steve Earle Sang It at the Grand Ole Opry as a Man Who Had Finally Come Home Some performances are…
At 72, Bonnie Raitt Returned After Six Silent Years to Prove That Great Artists Never Live on Nostalgia Alone When Bonnie Raitt stepped onto the stage of Jimmy Kimmel Live!…
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